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Which of the following situations best illustrates agenda setting?
 
  a) A local newspaper prints a series of articles focusing on the problem of vacant, boarded-up apartment complexes becoming hangouts for drug dealers.
  b) The governor signs a bill requiring persons to show proof of insurance when they renew their drivers' licenses.
  c) A city council debates how best to cut the city budget in order to avoid raising taxes.
  d) A professor researches the impact effect of the death penalty on the incidence of violent crime.
  e) A legislator talks to a Town Hall gathering about the importance of the education funding bill the legislature recently passed.

Question 2

From the text's discussion of sexual orientation, we can infer that the beliefs of many conservative religious and political leaders in the United States are most closely identified with which perspective?
 
  a. functionalist
  b. conflict
  c. feminist
  d. interactionist



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dajones82

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. functionalist




DyllonKazuo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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